{Mummy & Daddy's birthday celebration} Jade Restaurant Dinner Buffet @ Fullerton

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MUMMY & DADDY! :)

Celebrated Mummy & Daddy's birthday @ The Fullerton Hotel on Sunday night. The ambience is both elegant and refined, and the service is attentive but never intrusive. The food is splendid, especially the yummy desserts!

This is one A La Carte dinner buffet you don’t want to give a miss! You can order as many servings as you can, from the selection of more than 38 dishes, encompassing appetizers, soups, main courses, rice and noodle dishes, and desserts, each meticulously prepared by Chef Leong Chee Yeng and his outstanding culinary team.

Hot & Sour Seafood Soup

Something different from the usual tom yum soup. In Jade's restaurant, the Hot and Sour Seafood Soup includes Roasted Pork Belly, Sautéed Chicken with Lemongrass and Dried Chili Vinaigrette, Sweet and Sour Fish Fillet, Sautéed Pork Ribs in Coffee Sauce and Fragrant Wok-Fried Rice with Seafood. 

It was so delicious that i ordered a second portion soon after. 
{MUST TRY!!!}

Deep-fried Prawns with coated Wasabi mayonnaise

Everything combined well. The succulent prawns were fried till a considerable coating of crisp on their exterior, while hiding a chunky serving of prawn beneath. The Wasabi Mayo was pungent enough to provide for the perfect final touch to the creation. 
So delicious!!! Ordered a second portion soon after we've finished our first plate.
{MUST-TRY!!!}

Roasted Five-spiced Crispy Pork Belly

Extremely tender meat with crispy exterior. This is one of the best Chinese style pork bellies i ever had. You can taste the smooth transition from crispy skin, lean meat, to fats, to the more tender under layer.

Steamed Abalone Siew Mai

Juicy Siew Mai with a piece of small abalone on top. Abalone is tender, and overall, this is good. 

Golden “Man Tou” stuffed with Chili Crab Meat ($2.80++ per piece)

Apart from the array of free-flow items, there are a couple of items in each category that requires an additional charge for every add-on. The Man tou bun itself was no doubt, done really well and fried crisp and the filling was full. I had constantly sung praises of.

Sautéed sliced Beef in Spring Onion and Ginger

The meat is really tender. It melts straight in your mouth after your first bite. 
{I'm still wondering on how they actually get this so tender...}

Sautéed Pork Ribs in Coffee Sauce

A very special combination of pork ribs with coffee sauce. In terms of tenderness, i think this is the complete opposite as compared to Sautéed beef. I only took a small bite because i think the coffee sauce was a little too sweet. 

Steamed Chilean Sea bass with Preserved Olives

Loved the light refreshing sauce. Very rich and fresh fish that goes well with the simple spring onion garnish and chili.

Sautéed Prawn with Scramble Silken Egg

The highlight of the Sautéed Prawn with Scramble Silken Egg dish turns out to be the superlatively rendered scrambled egg. Ambrosial in texture and taste,  never had good scrambled eggs before.

Pan-fried “Pi Pa” Bean Curd in Oyster Sauce

It's definitely a 'MUST-TRY'

Shrimp Wanton in Spicy Vinaigrette

Rather generously stuffed with shrimps, the Chili Vinegar dressing did decent enough to add a more interesting element (to the taste buds) for the dish. 

Very spicy √

Fried Spring Rolls

Fried perfectly well, crispy on the outside. Taste good.

Steamed Crystal Shrimp Dumplings
A classic Dim sum item, fresh and succulent prawns were encased in a thin and fine flour skin. 

Best dim sum ever! {YUMMY!}

Sweet and Sour Chicken
This may seem like a simple home-made dish but, the taste in Jade Restaurant is really different. 
The distinct sweetness and the sour tang complemented well together, giving rise to a full-flavored and pungent sauce to accompany the tender chicken servings.

Crispy Bean Curd with Chili Fragrant Salt
The bean curd is fried perfectly, making to the extend that it's really crispy. This appetizer is simple yet nice.

Sautéed Live Prawn with Spicy Pumpkin Sauce
It looks pretty ordinary with a boring appearance. However, the flavors are something else altogether. 
The Spicy pumpkin sauce was tasty and had that sweetness which goes well with seafood. The prawn is very fresh too. Just be quick and eat it while the shells are still edible. That way, you will not have to dispose off smears of that wonderfully buttery and fragrant sauce. 

Black pepper noodle
Simple appetizer. 

Sautéed Beef

Meat is tender, taste good!

Sautéed Diced Chicken with Lemongrass And Dried Chili Vinaigrette
One of the best Sautéed Diced Chicken! The sauce is nice & the chicken is tender! 
YUMMY!!! 
{MUST-TRY}

From top left: Shaved Coconut ice with fresh strawberries, seasonal fruits platter, Hot walnut cream with Black sesame dumpling, Almond cream with Yam pasta and Chilled cream of mango with lime jelly.
{BEST DESSERTS! THUMBS UP!!! MUST TRY!!!}

Shaved Coconut ice with fresh strawberries
Coconut flavored ice cream, topped with nata de coco and fresh strawberries. 
Good dessert! Really delicious! We ordered a second portion soon after! 
Hot walnut cream with Black sesame dumpling
The walnut cream is thick and smooth, good as it is not too sweet!
Almond cream with Yam pasta
Perfect combination of Almond with yam. I'd love this the most! Taste really good! 
 Chilled cream of mango with lime jelly
A much more refreshing version with that tinge of sour after-taste with the mango cubes.

Jade’s A La Carte Dinner Buffet is priced very competitively at $58++ and with a generally wide selection of dishes to choose from, that makes the dinner trip all the more worth it. 

I thoroughly enjoyed my dinner. Those who have yet to visit Jade Restaurant, I reckon that you should :) {Highly Recommended!!}

Address:

Ground floor, Fullerton Hotel, 1 Fullerton Square

Avg price/per pax:

$58++{Adults}

$38++{Children}

To make a reservation:

Please call: (65) 6877 8188 

OR

Email: jade@fullertonhotel.com

NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto Circolo Coffee Machine {Review}

The NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® is a beverage brewing system. It makes hot and cold drinks, with a 15 bar pressure system that is comparable to coffeehouse machines. Innovative, easy-to-use capsule system, exclusive to NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto®, is specifically designed to ensure that each cup you make is fresh and contains only the best ingredients. It prepares each drink in less than a minute. It's a dead-simple system to make a single cup of coffee-house class drink, minus the barista, the mess, and for the most part, the danger associated with espresso machines, milk foamers, coffee grinders, etc. Once you get the hang of it, the Gusto actually does what it claims. It’s a match made in coffee-heaven! 

There are currently 17 beverages you can make with the Gusto. I'll come back to the flavor choice in a bit, let's focus for now how it all works. 

Each beverage uses one or two capsules. If the beverage has a milk component, you will use two capsules to make it. If not, you just use one.

 

So, for example, 'MOCHA' uses two capsules. In a box, there are 16 capsules. You can get them at: https://www.dolce-gusto.com.sg/EN/Pages/home.aspx. Single boxes for $10.90 only. 

Each beverage comes with instructions on its box. The Gusto also includes a manual showing how to make each beverages, but it seems like the instructions don't match exactly. For best results, go with the instructions printed on the capsule box. 

The tank is a self-contained clear plastic. You can't fill it up while it is attached to the machine. You must remove it. Fill the Gusto with water. You can make 3-4cups with one tank of water. 

When you hit the power button to turn it on, it takes a few seconds to warm up before turning green so usually it's ready to go by the time you finish the next step.

Flip up the release

Pull the tray out

 

Insert a capsule in the tray

Set to your desired level to get your perfect coffee. Press down the release. In this case.. I want my drink to be steaming hot so I pressed the red button. (NOTE: Red button for hot & blue button for cold). And...you are ready to go!

Once you are done filing a capsule, flip up the release, pull the tray and dump the spent capsule into the bin. FOR SAFETY PURPOSES: The capsule is HOT and still has liquid in it, and so some care (and adult supervision) is a good idea. 

Full video

Hit those marks exactly and.....you get this!

(YUMMY!)

There are 17 different types of capsules available for the Nescafe Dolce Gusto. 

(Classic Black): Espresso intenso, Espresso, Lungo, Espresso Ristretto

(Frothy and Milky): Cappuccino, Latte Macchiato, Cafe Au Lait

(Chocolatey Indulgence): Chococino & Mocha

(Cool and Refreshing): Cappuccino Ice & Nestea Iced Peach Tea

(Surprising and Seasonal): Tea Latte, Caramel Latte Macchiato, Chai Tea Latte, Vanilla Latte Macchiato & Green Tea Latte

I am not a fan of coffee but overall, i am pretty impressed with the Dolce Gusto. Dolce Gusto has been in near daily use. It's simple, it's instant gratification, it's easy to keep clean and it delivers 17 types of beverage any time you want going from cold start to steaming drink in less than a minute. 

You do need to stay with the machine while it's running, because it makes drinks ridiculously fast. There is also a definite learning curve, but once you figure out how to eyeball the right portions, you end up with some darn tasty beverages. I have enjoyed each of the capsule varieties that I've tried thus far. The green tea latte is a favorite for both my siblings and I. The other various coffees like Chococino and Mocha are good too. The frothy milk has a slight hint of sweetness to it and comes out just the right consistency. 

The Nescafe Dolce Gusto comes in a few different styles with 12 FREE capsule variety pack. 
Be sure to check out the Nescafe website for more details! :)